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New Release: The Bible and the World by Apostolos Makrakis

RELEASED ON 3/14/2026 New Release: The Bible and the World by Apostolos Makrakis Available at the Following Book Retailers: Eastern Light Publishing is pleased to announce the release of a new English edition of The Bible and the World, a profound theological work by the Greek Orthodox thinker Apostolos…Continue reading “New Release: The Bible and the World by Apostolos Makrakis”

4Mar 20264 Mar 2026

The City of God and the City of Zion: Augustine and Makrakis on the Destiny of Human Society

By Jonathan Photius, Makrakis Research Project Publisher’s Note: This edition is part of an ongoing effort to digitize and republish neglected…

27Feb 202615 Mar 2026

Apostolos Makrakis’ The Bible and the World: A Forgotten Orthodox Philosophy of Creation, History, and Deification

By Jonathan Photius, Makrakis Research Project Publisher’s Note: This edition is part of an ongoing effort to digitize and republish…

14Dec 202514 Dec 2025

Apostolos Makrakis: Life, Formation, and Legacy -By Theodoros Sperantzas (1957)

Apostolos Makrakis: Life, Formation, and Legacy – A Study Based on the 1957 Commemorative Essay by Theodoros Sperantzas Introduction The…

The City of God and the City of Zion: Augustine and Makrakis on the Destiny of Human Society

4 Mar 20264 Mar 2026

By Jonathan Photius, Makrakis Research Project Publisher’s Note: This edition is part of an ongoing effort to digitize and republish neglected Orthodox works of the nineteenth century. Makrakis’ writings have often…

Book of Genesis…

Apostolos Makrakis’ The Bible and the World: A Forgotten Orthodox Philosophy of Creation, History, and Deification

27 Feb 202615 Mar 2026

By Jonathan Photius, Makrakis Research Project Publisher’s Note: This edition is part of an ongoing effort to digitize and republish neglected Orthodox works of the nineteenth century. Makrakis’ writings have…

Apostolos Makrakis (1831–1905): Life, Public Ministry, and Controversy – A Contemporary Orthodox Assessment by Hieronymos Oikonomos

1 Jan 20264 Mar 2026

By Jonathan Photius, Makrakis Research Project A Contested Figure in Modern Greek Orthodoxy Apostolos Makrakis remains one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures in modern Greek Orthodoxy. Celebrated by…

Apostolos Makrakis: Life, Formation, and Legacy -By Theodoros Sperantzas (1957)

14 Dec 202514 Dec 2025

Apostolos Makrakis: Life, Formation, and Legacy - A Study Based on the 1957 Commemorative Essay by Theodoros Sperantzas Introduction The commemorative study Ὁ Ἀπόστολος Μακράκης, published in Athens in 1957…

A Defense of Apostolos Makrakis: A Critical Analysis of Theokletos Dionsiates’ Accusations by Christos Adamopoulos

12 Dec 202527 Feb 2026

By Jonathan Photius - Makrakis Research Project Abstract This article examines the principal theological accusations leveled by the Athonite monk Theokletos Dionysiates against the nineteenth-century Greek lay theologian and reformer…

Church History…

Apostolos Makrakis and the Myth of the “Unauthorized Orthodox Teacher”: A Historical Rebuttal to Contemporary Mischaracterizations

9 Dec 20251 Jan 2026

By Jonathan Photius, Makrakis Research Project (PDF Copy Available Here) Introduction Recent online articles have attempted to place Apostolos Makrakis (1831–1905) in the same category as Theophilos Kairis and other…

Greek War of Independence…

The Effect of Justice Over Moral Agents

12 Dec 202114 Dec 2025

[1] Today we shall consider what effect justice can have upon moral agents and how the task of 1821 may be quickest and best completed by means of the proposed…

Greek War of Independence…

How the Daughter of the Science of our Struggle is Adorned

24 Nov 202112 Dec 2025

In the previous address we examined the art of fighting and overcoming our adversaries, generated, as it were, out of the science of our struggle. This art is figuratively called…

Bible Prophecy…

The Spiritual Staff of the Liberation of the New Israel

22 Nov 20219 Dec 2025

“ . . . You are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4) [1] It will be recalled that on the day before yesterday we proceeded…

Bible Prophecy…

The Skill of Battling and Overcoming Our Adversaries

21 Nov 202112 Dec 2021

[1] From the outset we divided the knowledge of our sacred struggle into four categories, and with God's help we have already covered the three categories. We proceed today to…